Record #:

19416

Author(s):

Graff, Michael

Abstract:

For the first seven months of World War II, German U-Boats ruled the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks were a favorite hunting ground as night after night explosions at sea signaled the sinking of another Allied ship. By the time the Germans withdrew their U-Boats in July, over 400 ships were sunk or damaged from New England to New Orleans and 5,000 sailors were killed. Over sixty ships went down off the Outer Banks.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 11, Apr 2013, p50-52, 54, 56-58, 60, il

Subject(s):

Outer Banks--History